Thursday, September 20, 2007

bagels and lox and uncle tupelo

I was smearing cream cheese on bagels back in the early 90's at one of the million college jobs I had and this dude I worked with (adorable-where in the world are you now Jim Hobbs?) gave me a primer on some hip music. He turned me on to Uncle Tupelo and I fell hard. I was in a store yesterday and heard "The Long Cut" and smiled until my corners wanted to crack. I immediately dusted off my CD and have had a great evening. To listen to yr youth is the most amazing buzz. What do you love? Think hard about songs you loved once and listen. You will hear the past and it sounds so sweet.

I've been searching and you've been goneOut looking for the shortest path to the one that you're onAnd I've already seen all I wanna seeCome on, let's take the long cutI think that's what we needWhen we were younger, we were strongWe felt a lot better than the things that we'd doneNow if it's to be, if you still believeCome on let's take the long cutI think that's what we needIf you wanna take the long cutWe'll get there eventuallyI've been searching and you've been goneOut looking for the shortest path to the one you're onNow if it's to be, if you still believeCome on let's take the long cutI think that's what we needWe've been in a deep rutAnd it's been killing meIf you wanna take the long cutWe'll get there eventually